Smith Todd D, Dyal Mari-Amanda, DeJoy David M
Department of Applied Health Science, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA.
Department of Health Promotion and Physical Education, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA 30144, USA.
Fire (Basel). 2023 Jun 18;6. doi: 10.3390/fire6060241.
Safety-specific passive leadership has been negatively linked to diminished safety outcomes, including safety behaviors. However, this relationship is not fully understood. Research has not fully examined mediating factors that may be influenced by passive leadership, which then influence safety behaviors. Research among firefighters in this context is particularly absent. As such, this study aimed to examine relationships between safety-specific passive leadership, stress, anxiety, and compliance-oriented safety behavior outcomes among 708 professional firefighters. A path analysis was completed. The hypothesized model fit was very good and hypothesized relationships were confirmed. Safety-specific passive leadership was positively, significantly associated with increased firefighter stress perceptions and stress was positively, significantly associated with anxiety. Anxiety was negatively, significantly associated with both safety compliance and personal protective equipment behavior. This study has implications for researchers and practitioners. The findings emphasize the importance of active leaders in the fire service as passive leadership in the context of safety is distressing, which results in anxiety and ultimately diminished safety behavior outcomes, which could place firefighters at risk for injuries, illness, or death.
特定于安全的被动领导与包括安全行为在内的安全结果下降存在负相关。然而，这种关系尚未得到充分理解。研究尚未全面考察可能受被动领导影响、进而影响安全行为的中介因素。在这种背景下，针对消防员的研究尤其缺乏。因此，本研究旨在考察708名职业消防员中特定于安全的被动领导、压力、焦虑与以合规为导向的安全行为结果之间的关系。完成了路径分析。假设模型拟合度非常好，假设关系得到了证实。特定于安全的被动领导与消防员压力感知增加呈显著正相关，压力与焦虑呈显著正相关。焦虑与安全合规和个人防护装备行为均呈显著负相关。本研究对研究人员和从业者具有启示意义。研究结果强调了消防服务中积极领导的重要性，因为在安全背景下的被动领导令人苦恼，会导致焦虑并最终降低安全行为结果，这可能使消防员面临受伤、患病或死亡的风险。
